The Osgoode Certificate in Regulatory Compliance & Legal Risk Management for Financial Institutions

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Back for its 9^th year! This intensive OsgoodePD Certificate program was developed by a select group of industry experts to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of compliance requirements and strategies to meet them. This 5-day course covers the intersection of compliance and enterprise risk management and provides you with best practices to effectively manage both risk and compliance as part of your organization’s essential line of defence. You will emerge from this valuable program armed with the most up-to-date knowledge, strategies and tactics you need to develop, implement or re-energize a state-of-the-art compliance program within your organization.

This program will cover:

• Fundamentals of regulatory compliance for financial institutions
• How to effectively identify, mitigate and control risks
• Essential components of an effective compliance program
• Federal and supervisory authorities, their objectives, powers and responsibilities
• Impact of international standard setting organizations
• How major regulators regulate and supervise
• Correlations between governance, risk management and compliance (GRC)
• How to become an effective partner and energize your organization
• Effectively implementing a code of business conduct and ethics
• Managing a regulatory examination, investigation and incident
• Best practices for crisis management and response
• Strategies for managing high risk issues
• How to manage social media and industry disruptors like data analytics, bitcoin, blockchain and fintech and other unregulated financial services players
• Emerging challenges in compliance and what you need to do to prepare

Faculty

Program Directors

• Jasmin Jabri, Head of Compliance, Invesco Canada
• Geoff Ritchie, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Mawer Investment Management Inc.
• Joann Sochor, AVP, Corporate Compliance, Sun Life

Program Advisory Board

• Paola Cifelli, Associate General Counsel, Enterprise Regulatory Office, Legal, Corporate & Compliance Group, BMO Financial Group
• John Lewsen, Head of Insurance Compliance, Legal, Corporate & Compliance Group, BMO Financial Group, Chief Compliance Officer, BMO Life Assurance Company & BMO Life Insurance Company
• Katherine Macpherson, National Leader, Operational Risk: Financial Services Advisory, Ernst & Young LLP
• Andrew Mushore, Chief Compliance Officer, Bridging Finance Inc.
• Ilona Niemi, VP, Head of Compliance, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd. (Canadian Branch)

Program Faculty

• Dan Adamson, CTO and Co-Founder, PointChain Technologies
• Darcy Ammerman, McMillan LLP
• Kent Andrews, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Risk, TD Bank Group
• Claude Baksh, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Risk Officer & Chief AML Officer, Computershare
• Naomi Bartlett, Vice President, Compliance, Canadian Brokerage and International Wealth & Insurance, Global Compliance, Scotiabank
• J-P Bernier, Retired Executive from Canada’s Financial Industry with International Exposure
• Sarah Bradley, Ombudsman and Chief Executive Officer, Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI)
• Frank Chong, Vice-Chair, Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators (CCIR), and VP and Deputy Superintendent, Regulation, BC Financial Services Authority
• Jill Clark, Senior Director, Capital Markets and Internal Audit, CIBC World Markets Inc.
• Stephanie Corvese, HBSc, MFSc, ACE, GCFE, Senior Associate Digital Forensics and Cyber Security, Grant Thornton LLP
• Julie Clarke, General Counsel, Portland Investment Counsel
• Rebecca Cowdery, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• Mary Joyce Empensando, Chief Compliance Officer, Questrade, Inc. | Questrade Wealth Management Inc.
• Toni Evans, CPA, CA, Managing Director, Regulatory & Policy Governance, TD Asset Management
• John Fabello, Torys LLP
• Matin Fazelpour, Hicks Morley LLP
• Pat Forgione, McMillan LLP
• Tyler Fleming, Director, Investor Office, Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)
• Sara Gelgor, LLB, LLM, MBA, ICD.D, Head of Regulatory Compliance, Retail Banking & Wealth Management, HSBC Bank Canada
• Marsha Gerhart, VP Member Regulation Policy, Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)
• David Goodis, Assistant Commissioner (Policy & Corporate Services), Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC)
• Jocelyn Hung, Manager, Culture & Conduct Risk Division, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)
• Fabio Iannicca, Chief Operating Officer, NG Group
• Carolyn Ibele, Director, Culture & Conduct Risk Division, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)
• Abubakar Khan, Director, Business Advisory Directorate, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
• Liane Kim, CFA, Chief Risk and Audit Executive, Ontario Power Generation
• Jessica Leung, Vice President, Legal & Compliance, BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
• Danielle Lin, Vice-President, Canadian Banking & Consumer Legislation Compliance, TD Bank Group
• Kate McGrann, Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP
• Jay McMahan, Partner, Deloitte LLP
• Suzanne Morin, VP, ES Compliance and Chief Privacy Officer, Sun Life
• Natalie Ochrym, Advisor, The AML Shop
• Laura Paglia, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• Philippe Pellerin, Acting Director, Supervision Division, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
• Waqas Rana, Compliance Executive
• Kerry Robbins, Vice President & Ombudsman, TD Bank Group
• Amber D. Scott, Founder, CEO & Chief AML Ninja, Outliers Solutions Inc.
• David Shuen, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief AML Officer, China Construction Bank Toronto Branch
• Steven Slavens, Torys LLP
• Grant Spears, Assistant Vice President, Market Conduct, and Senior Business Compliance Officer, Distribution, Canada Life
• Felicia Tedesco, Deputy Director, Operations Compliance and Registrant Regulation, Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)

Agenda

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Fees

Fees include attendance, online primers, program materials, lunch and break refreshments for each of the 5 days of the program.

Program Changes

We will make every effort to present the certificate program as advertised, but it may be necessary to change the dates, location, speakers or content with little or no notice. In the event of program cancellation, York University and Osgoode Hall Law School’s liability is limited to reimbursement of paid fees.

Cancellations and Substitutions

Substitution of registrants is permitted at any time. If you are unable to find a substitute, a full refund is available if a cancellation request is received in writing 21 days prior to the program date. If a cancellation request is made with less than 21 days notice, a $150 administration fee will apply. No other refund is available.

Technical Support

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Program Details

Questions on program registration?
Please contact the Registration Team at osgoodepd@osgoode.yorku.ca

Questions on the program content?
Please contact the Program Lawyer:
Alexandra Karacsony AKaracsony@osgoode.yorku.ca